Funding commitments for 2017/18 by our committees

Our funding committees oversee our response-mode funding by reviewing applications for investigator-led programme, project and trial grants, fellowships and bursaries. In 2017/18 they were responsible for more than £100 million of our spend on research.

Our committees comprise UK and international experts, ensuring that our decisions are well informed and that we continue to fund pioneering research across a wide range of disciplines. The rigorous process for reviewing funding proposals involves many people across the community, from those who give their time to sit on our funding committees and panels, to peer reviewers who provide expert evaluation of individual applications. It is only through the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment of these many individuals that we can continue to support research that will have the biggest impact and bring significant progress to the field.

More information about our funding commitments

In 2016/17 we supported research worth £386 million. From our core research institutes to investigator-led programmes and training fellowships, explore in more detail how and where we fund research, and how your own work fits in.

In 2014 we set ourselves a challenging ambition: to accelerate progress and see 3 in 4 patients surviving cancer within 20 years. Our 2017 Progress Report looks at the approach we have taken to realise our objectives.

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